The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri has directed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited(NNPCL) must sell petrol above the landing cost, which currently stands at N1,117 per litre, to prevent the smuggling of the products to neighbouring countries. Lokpobiri who disclosed this in Abuja, adding that security agencies are complicit…
Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has revealed that bandits operating in Nigeria believe they are serving a higher cause by engaging in criminal activities. Gumi made this assertion in a Facebook post on Sunday, where he reacted to a recent incident involving the seizure of Mines Resistant Armour Personnels (MRAPs) by bandits. The MRAPs,…
Hajia Dada, the mother of a former president of Nigeria, the late Umaru Musa Yar’adua, is dead. According to reports, she died at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina on Monday evening September 2 after a brief illness. Dada was also the mother of the late Shehu Musa Yar’adua and Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua,…
The Federal government has denied reports that Nigerian airlines have been banned from the US airspace by the American government. A report emerged on Sunday, September 1, that Nigeria had been delisted from the United States Federal Aviation Administration Category One Status (USFAA CAT 1) International Aviation Safety Assessment Programme (IASA). According to the report,…
The Police in Lagos state have arrested and detained a man identified as Ayodeji Busari, for allegedly pushing his 47-year-old younger brother to d@ath during a fight in the Iba area of the state. According to the spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the case was reported to the police on August 24…
Napoli sporting director, Giovanni Manna has blamed Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen over the current hostilities between him and the club saying it was Osimhen’s decision not to play for the club again. Osimhen’s move to Premier League club Chelsea and Saudi club Al Ahli collapsed on transfer deadline day in the most dramatic of…
Manchester United have completed the signing of Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth up to £50.8million. The 23-year-old Uruguay midfielder signed a five-year contract until June 2029 with the option of another year. Ugarte’s arrival takes United’s spending in this window past £200m. They will pay PSG an initial fee of £42.3m…
